Inkandescent Entrepreneur Show

About Inkandescent Entrepreneur Show

Bringing the voices of small-business owners to the radio waves is the goal of The Inkandescent Entrepreneur Show, which launched in the fall of 2012. In each episode, Hope interviews the leaders who have built million-dollar businesses and sold their companies to one of the Fortune 500, or took a tiny idea and turned it into a social enterprise that is impacting the masses. What’s your story? If you’d like to be interviewed on The Inkandescent Entrepreneur Show on inkandescentradio.com, send Hope Katz Gibbs an email: hope@hopegibbs.com.

Publisher

Inkandescent Radio

Category

business · education · health & fitness

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

27 Jan 2014

Latest episode

1 Jul 2021

Latest episodes

10 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   1 Jul 2021

   Marketing Expert Guy Kawasaki Teaches Us To Be Enchanting

   We first met Guy Kawasaki at the Empowered Women’s conference in Miami soon after he published his 2011 book, Enchantment: The Art of Changing Hearts, Minds, and Actions. In it, he explains: “Enchantment transforms situations and relationships. It converts hostility into civility and civility into affinity. It changes skeptics and cynics into believers and the undecided into the loyal.” An enchanting premise, for sure. Indeed, “Enchantment” charmed millions and hit three bestseller lists: The New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and Publisher’s Weekly. So we were keen to share his insights with our readers and thrilled when Guy agreed to be our Entrepreneur of the Month in the August 2011 issue of our national business magazine for entrepreneurs, Be Inkandescent. Since then, we have reviewed another one of his fascinating books, Reality Check: The Irreverent Guide to Outsmarting, Outmanaging, and Outmarketing Your Competition, which was our Book of the Month in July 2012. With this tome, which was originally published in 2008, Guy said hits the mark on what he said was his mission for the book—to provide “hardcore information to hardcore people who want to kick ass.” Amen to that. And these are some of the topics we’ll talk to Guy about today, and also feature in our upcoming book, “PR Rules: The Playbook.” We were thrilled to interview Kawasaki, who explains: What marketing really is. When it comes to marketing his books, and there have been a dozen of them published, what has worked best—and what hasn’t worked very well? Does he think marketing books is similar to marketing any product or service? Or does the marketing campaign change depending on what you are selling? Kawasaki worked for Apple in its early days. Clearly, they have launched some of the best marketing campaigns in decades. What do he think is the secret to their marketing success? His book, Reality Check, is an encyclopedia of essential marketing information — and a must-read for every entrepreneur—including this useful 10-step checklist that includes important questions for business owners to ask themselves (see below). Kawasaki explains how answering these essential questions can help you create a powerful marketing campaign. The most realistic, enchanting marketing tip that he can offer our listeners and readers. Don’t miss this exciting podcast! Download it, at right. Click here to read more about our interview with Kawasaki in 2011 when he published Enchantment: The Art of Changing Hearts, Minds, and Actions. Click here to read our review of Reality Check Here’s Kawasaki’s 10-step checklist: Are you making meaning? Does your project jump to, or create, the next curve? Is your product Deep, Intelligent, Complete, Elegant, and Emotive? Do you have a mantra for what you do? Do you have a 10-slide pitch with no font smaller than 30 points that you can give in 20 minutes? Have you figured out a way to take your product to market with no budget? Are you helping people who cannot help you? Can you blow away any audience with a demo of your product? Would you hire “imperfect” job candidates who love what you do, as well as people who are better than you are? Are you only asking people to do things that you would do, too?

2. 

   18 Mar 2021

   Visual WOW: Podcaster and DC photojournalist Jack Harzman interviews Hope Katz Gibbs

   A Note from Hope Katz Gibbs, publisher, Inkandescent Radio — I am a big fan of the Daily Om, a website that offers inspirational thoughts for a happy, happy, and fulfilling day. I often print these out and always put them into an email folder for future reference. When the topic, the Flow of the Universe, popped up this month, I took it as a good omen for I learned a long time ago that anything worth building has a rhythm and flow of its own. It is the job of the creators to tap into it as this entry teaches: Many people live their lives struggling against the current, while others use the flow like a mighty wind: The flow of the universe moves through everything. It’s in the rocks that form, get pounded into dust, and are blown away, the sprouting of a summer flower born from a seed planted in the spring, the growth cycle that every human being goes through, and the current that takes us down our life’s paths. When we move with the flow, rather than resisting it, we are riding on the universal current that allows us to flow with life. I invite you to take the ride! That is what I did when I received an invitation to be on the Visual WOW podcast show from Jack Harzman, a fabulous (and quite famous) photographer in Washington, DC. “After more than 30 years as a professional photographer in the live events industry, I have learned all of the tricks and tips of the trade,” he shares and invites us to follow along each week as he discusses topics such as relationship building, scaling your business, and adjusting with the changing industry. “No matter your place in the live events world, we all have a Visual WOW moment to share.” Stream our interview here! Click here to listen to our 30-minute interview on Visual WOW Find more podcast interviews by Jack at visualwow.simplecast.com

3. 

   10 Apr 2018

   Entrepreneur Anik Signal Opens the First Lurn Center for Small Business Owners in Rockville, April 14-15, 2018

   What do entrepreneurs need most? “They need to jump on that flash moment— a brief window of time when something shifts and the door to opportunity swings wide open,” insists Anik Singal, 34, who on the weekend of April 14-15 will host the grand opening of the first state-of-the-art Lurn Center. This expansive 26,000-square-foot entrepreneurship training and community center provides shared workspace, in-person and distance courses, camaraderie, community, and more. “Every entrepreneur has two choices when they feel the flash: Jump in and seize the day, or stand still and watch the door close — with you on the wrong side,” explains Singal, who since launching Lurn, Inc., in 2002, has helped thousands of entrepreneurs find success by utilizing his training courses that focus on digital advertising, social media marketing, email marketing, and consulting. For his work, BusinessWeek recognized him as one of the Best U.S. Entrepreneurs Under 25. Click here to watch our video interview with this truly amazing entrepreneur on Inkandescent.TV Come Lurn — for free — April 14-15, 2018 From 10am-5pm both days, guests will tour the center’s 140-seat lecture hall, training classrooms, audio and video studio, and other areas to meet-up in the sociable high-tech environment. Throughout the weekend, speakers will share tips on supersizing a small business, including Kevin Harrington, founder of As Seen on TV; Kevin Strawbridge, CEO of Clickbank; Gina Schaefer, owner of a dozen ACE Hardware stores, and Laura Lee Williams, founder of the fashion firm Laura Lee Designs. On Sunday evening, attendees will meet the winner of the $50,000 prize from LurnVestor — the organization’s “Shark Tank” type event to help early-stage startups get off the ground. Get your free ticket today at LurnCenter.com. For more information, call 240-762-6155. Become a fan at facebook.com/lurninc

4. 

   21 Oct 2016

   Author, consultant, and executive coach Russell Bishop helps us determine "are you afraid of success?"

   What if you could actually create the success you say you want in life? Could your fear of success get in your way? “The fear of failure is a somewhat common scapegoat in the world of excuses,” says Author, consultant, and executive coach Russell Bishop. However, when confronting the myriad challenges we face in life, one oft-overlooked limiting factor might just be what some have called the “fear of success.” That’s the topic we’ll be talking with Russell about on today’s episode of of the Inkandescent Entrepreneur Show on InkandescentRadio.com. I’m Hope Katz Gibbs, your host. Scroll down for our Q&A with Russell! Download the podcast now. Click here to read our cover story on Russell Bishop in the Be Inkandescent magazine. Are You Afraid of Success? Hope Katz Gibbs: So among your many accomplishments you were a writer and editor for the Huffington Post where you crafted a series of articles on this topic. In them you suggest that fear of success and fear of failure can be very closely aligned. Can you explain why? Russell Bishop: On the surface, this notion might seem ridiculous — what on Earth could be scary about success? But if you dig a bit below the surface, you might discover some powerfully limiting aspects of your own mindset, of your own approach to life. Let’s do a little digging. Consider this question: Have you become accustomed to life as it is for you now? What a dumb question — of course you have, even if what you have become accustomed to is not quite what you would prefer. Hope Katz Gibbs: We’ve all heard of the “comfort zone,” and most of us have been in a discussion or two about the role of the comfort zone in holding people back. But you believe that most people miss the real power of this notion by wrongly assuming that the comfort zone refers to something about being comfortable. Russell Bishop: I know this may sound a bit nuts, but hang in there a moment or two. As you think about this for a bit, you may realize that you are typically most comfortable in surroundings that are most familiar. Even people who engage in dangerous activities like rock climbing will attest that while it’s not so physically comfortable out there hanging off a rock wall, and while the risks can be high, the experienced rock climber can still be quite comfortable, both with the lack of physical comfort as well as with the inherent risk. Why? Because she is extremely familiar with the environment and what it takes to succeed in climbing that sheer wall. If you don’t particularly like your job or some other aspect of your life, you may also find that you have become comfortable with it if for no reason other than the fact that it is familiar. If this is you, if you grouse about your daily circumstances yet keep returning to them, then you may be a member of what I call the “ain’t-it-awful club.” Members of this club love to engage in “one-downsmanship”: “You think that’s bad, wait until you hear this one.” You may also know this one as “misery loves company.” Hope Katz Gibbs: You also believe that settling for less is a very individual set of choices and definitions. Russell Bishop: Right, and if you have the sense that you have settled more than strived for what you want, then it might be worth your while to explore how your fear of success is in the way. As much as you may complain about the job/company/boss, have you become comfortable or familiar with what it takes to get by in your current circumstance — not necessarily to succeed, but to at least get by? Breaking out from the familiar, from what got you here, may not be very comfortable, and it may conjure up some fears or risks in your mind. Giving up membership in the ain’t-it-awful club and letting go of weevily peanuts may have any number of risks associated with them, but the risks have more to do with new success behaviors than they do with the fear of failure. Hope Katz Gibbs: What are some of the downsides to success? Russell Bishop: What would h

5. 

   21 Aug 2015

   Embrace the Race: Richmond 2015

   What would you do if an international bike race — scheduled to bring 1,000 top cycling athletes and 450,000 people — was about to descend on your city? If you are an entrepreneur, odds are good you would find a way to put yourself, and your business, in the middle of the action. That’s exactly what BJ Kocen and Tammy Rostov decided to do when the two Richmond retailers founded West Main Village, a community of 35 restaurants, galleries, retail shops and small businesses that will close down a three-block area in front of their shops and host an array of events during the UCI 2015 Bicycle Race, September 19-27. So we sat down for a podcast interview with these two enterprising entrepreneurs! You’ll learn: The plan for West Main Village during Richmond2015 The challenges the organization has faced Expectations for the Sept. 19-27 event Advice for other entrepreneurs who want to tackle such a big project Download the podcast now! For more on Richmond2015, and the businesses that stand to make a mint during the big bike race, be sure to check out the September 2015 issue of BeInkandescent.com.

6. 

   13 May 2015

   The Eastward Expansion of Stone Brewing Co.

   If you love craft beer, then you’ve probably tossed back a bottle or two of Stone Brewing Co.‘s IPA and Porter. The #10 largest craft brewery in the nation, Stone generates $185 million in annual sales and employs more than 900 people. Why did Stone decide to open its East Coast plant in Richmond? Because the beer has gotten so popular around the country that the cost of shipping it caused the company to set up a second manufacturing plant in the mid-Atlantic. In January 2014, Stone’s C-team put out a bid — and the competition to woo the brewery turned out to be steep. Proposals were submitted from 250 communities from 20 states, but when it came down to the final three cities, Richmond, VA, sealed the deal. Here’s what’s in it for Richmond: Starting this year, Stone will begin to invest $74 million to construct a production brewery, packaging hall, destination restaurant, gardens, retail store, and administrative offices in Richmond. Stone has been listed 10 times on the Inc. 500 | 5000 Fastest Growing Private Companies. Stone was called the “All-Time Top Brewery on Planet Earth” by BeerAdvocate magazine — twice. It is also the first American craft brewer to independently own and operate facilities in Berlin. In this podcast interview, we interview two of Stone’s top leaders, COO Pat Tiernan and CFO Craig Spitz. They were in the River City to meet with Richmond Economic Development COO Jane Ferrara, the exec who led the charge to bring Stone to town. You’ll learn: What made Richmond stand out from the 250 other cities What the big brewer has in store for 2015 and beyond Why so many people love beer — and why Stone’s marketshare is growing How the other craft brewers in town felt about Stone moving in. And more! Listen to the entire podcast now! And click here to read more about Ferrara’s coup in the May 2015 issue of Be Inkandescent magazine.

7. 

   13 May 2015

   How Did Richmond Attract Stone Craft Brewery — the 10th largest in the country

   How did Jane Ferrara help bring Stone Brewery to Richmond? The CEO of the city’s Economic Development office says “transformational change” was the key to landing the big brewery. We are thrilled to interview Jane, our cover girl for the “May 2015 issue of Be Inkandescent magazine.”: She’s going to tell us about how she brought to Richmond Stone Brewing Co., the 10th largest craft brewer in the US that generates $185 million in annual sales, and employs more than 1,000 people. Starting this year, Stone will begin to invest $74 million to construct a production brewery, packaging hall, destination restaurant, gardens, retail store and administrative offices in Richmond. Richmond was selected among more than 20 states that submitted proposals after Stone’s request for proposal was sent out in January 2014. Stone has been listed 10 times on the Inc. 500 | 5000 Fastest Growing Private Companies, And it was called the “All-time Top Brewery on Planet Earth” by BeerAdvocate magazine — twice. It is also the first American craft brewer to independently own and operate facilities in Berlin. In this episode we learn: 1. Why did Stone choose Richmond? 2. What were the biggest challenges to bringing Stone home? And how did Jane differentiate Richmond from the other 20 cities that Stone was considering? 3. Who did she pull onto your team? And who did she know who to listen to? 4. What was the communities’ response? 5. What are some of your biggest lessons learned? And given the option, would she do it all again? Listen to the podcast now!

8. 

   30 Jan 2015

   Andrea Kuszewski on the Science of Sex

   Each February we talk about the power and importance of Love when it comes to operating a powerful, successful business. This year we thought it would be fun to feature a scientist who focuses not just on our professional lives, but also on our personal ones. That doesn’t mean the research that Andrea Kuszewski does has no connection to our companies. Rather, the science she studies has turned up some fascinating facts that cross the line between work and play. Intrigued? In this podcast interview you’ll learn: What is the science of sex How dopamine and oxytocin affect us Whether these neurotransmitters can have a negative effect on our relationships How neuroscience is relevant to all of our relationships, including the bonds we develop with employees, colleagues, customers, and vendors And more! Download or Stream the podcast now! Click here to read all about it in February 2015 issue of Be Inkandescent magazine.

9. 

   27 Mar 2014

   Get Ready to Have SeriousFun with Steve Nagler and Kelly Elliott

   At SeriousFun headquarters in Westport, CT, Steve Nagler (Director of Program Innovation and Evaluation) and Kelly Elliott (Interim Director, Camp Support Services) are hard at work making sure that thousands of children suffering from illnesses in 50 countries have the summer of their lives. That was the vision of actor Paul Newman, who in 1988 created this incredible program that in the years since has served 440,000+ children in more than 50 countries. SeriousFun has 30 initiatives worldwide, including 14 full member camps, 13 Global Partnership Programs, and 3 new camps in development. Equally impressive are the backgrounds of Steve and Kelly. Before joining SeriousFun in 2002, Steve was an Assistant Professor and the founding Clinical Director of the Yale University Child Study Center Family Support Service for almost 20 years. The Family Support Service provided home based child mental health and child welfare service to abused, neglected, drug affected, HIV affected, and at risk children. From 1995-1999 he was the Country Director of the United States Peace Corps in Samoa. From 1998 through 2002 he was the Director of the Peace Corps Pacific Initiative. Kelly has been with the organization for the last 8 years. Prior to joining SeriousFun, she spent time at Children’s Aid Foundation in Toronto where she helped establish a corporate development and communications program. Prior to joining SeriousFun, Kelly was responsible for in-country communications for Right to Play in Ghana (West Africa), helping to promote sport and play as a vehicle for health education. In this podcast interview you’ll learn: All about the SeriousFun Children’s Network and what it does How these camps and programs different than other types of camps that you hear about How the camps are able to effectively manage and care for the variety of illnesses they serve The mission of creating a sense of possibility—and why that’s so important for a child How camp heals How we can all get involved with SeriousFun And more! Download the podcast now! Stay tuned for more interviews at SeriousFun hq: With Alyson Fox, Director, Global Partnership Program of the SeriousFun Children’s Network. And Clea Newman, Paul’s daughter who took over joined SeriousFun Children’s Network as Senior Director of External Affairs in January 2013. Additionally, Clea is building a Legacy Giving Program and an International Board of Governors chaired by her mother, Joanne Woodward.

10. 

    27 Jan 2014

    Dave Mattson Will Help You Take Your Sales Strategy to the Next Level. Are Your Ready?

    Sandler Training is a global training organization based in Baltimore, MD, with more than three decades of experience and proven results. Annually, the company spends more than 92,000 hours teaching its “against-the-grain” sales principles to small, mid-sized, and Fortune-ranked companies to effectively sell and communicate—and grow. Sitting at the helm is David Mattson, Sandler’s CEO and president, who oversees the organization’s more than 225 locations around the globe. Since 1986, he has been a trainer and business consultant for management, sales, interpersonal communication, corporate team building and strategic planning throughout the United States and Europe. So we sat down with Mattson to talk about how small business owners can improve their sales techniques and help their businesses grow. In this podcast interview you’ll learn: The goal of sales—and how it differs from PR, marketing, and advertising. What makes so many people uncomfortable about doing sales—even when they feel passionate about their business product or service. How you measure success in sales. What salespeople must do to generate sales leads. And how to overcome customer resistance, and the stereotype of the pushy salesperson. Download our podcast interview now! And click here to read more of our interview with Sandler in the Febraury 2014 issue of Be Inkandescent.

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